Officials from across the U.S. Government, the European Commission, and EU data protection authorities conducted the first annual review of the EU-US Privacy Shield.
Both sides agreed that the Privacy Shield is “key for the data exchanges in transatlantic relations and expressed mutual commitment to making the Privacy Shield a success”. Commissioner Jourová said: “The discussions over the past days were fruitful. I appreciate the commitment the US administration has showed to Transatlantic data transfers and to our concerns. The Privacy Shield can be a win-win for the EU and the US, if implemented correctly.”
The discussions held in Washington, DC to between U.S. administration, businesses, NGOs and other stakeholders will be included in the Commission’s annual review report to be published in the second half of October. A joint press statement by Commissioner Jourová and US Secretary of Commerce Ross dated September 21, 2017, is available online.
The EU-US Privacy Shield followed the decision of the European court of Justice striking down the Safe Harbor Framework. It consists in a self-certification system by which US organizations commit to a set of privacy principles that – according to the EU Commission – ensure an adequate level of protection for the transfer of EU personal data to the USA. The EU-US Privacy Shield sets forth 7 principles with which organizations must comply in order to self-certify under the agreement. More on the Privacy Shield principles is available here.
Since the program’s inception, over 2,400 organizations have joined the Privacy Shield. U.S.
More on Privacy Shield is available at http://www.technethics.com…